New York May Day
Thousands of teachers demand a contract
On May Day, thousands of New York City teachers poured out
of packed subway trains in downtown Brooklyn chanting, "Union,
union, contract, contract." A sea of United Fed er ation of
Teachers members surrounded the Board of Education. They're
angry because they've been working without a contract for 18
months.
The police estimate of the crowd was 10,000, but it appeared
to be thousands more. Adjacent streets were so packed they were
closed to traffic even before the rally began. Protesting the
lack of a contract and the arrogance of billionaire Mayor
Michael Bloomberg in refusing to meet with them, they announced
that a 3,000-member delegate assembly meeting on May 7 would
take up authorizing a strike. Ballots will be mailed to the
membership for their approval. --M.N.
Reprinted from the May 16, 2002, issue of
Workers World newspaper
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